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  2. List of musical symbols - Wikipedia

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    Musical symbols are marks and symbols in musical notation that indicate various aspects of how a piece of music is to be performed. There are symbols to communicate information about many musical elements, including pitch, duration, dynamics, or articulation of musical notes; tempo, metre, form (e.g., whether sections are repeated), and details about specific playing techniques (e.g., which ...

  3. Accidental (music) - Wikipedia

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    A sharp raises a note's pitch by a semitone and a flat lowers it by a semitone. Double flats ( ) or sharps ( ) may also be used, which alter the unmodified note by two semitones. If a note with an accidental is tied , the accidental continues to apply, even if the note it is tied to is in the next measure.

  4. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    Meaning respectively "measured song" or "figured song". Originally used by medieval music theorists, it refers to polyphonic song with exactly measured notes and is used in contrast to cantus planus. [3] [4] capo 1. capo (short for capotasto: "nut") : A key-changing device for stringed instruments (e.g. guitars and banjos)

  5. List of guitar tunings - Wikipedia

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    Used by death/doom metal band Encoffination. Also used by Mark Tremonti on the song "In the Deep" (Myles Kennedy uses a 6-string guitar tuned to Drop Db in the song). G tuning – G-C-F-A ♯-D-G / G-C-F-B ♭-D-G Four and a half steps down from standard tuning.

  6. Sharp (music) - Wikipedia

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    Some keys (such as C ♯ major with seven sharps) may be written as an enharmonically equivalent key (D ♭ major with five flats in this case). In rare cases, the sharp keys may be extended further, G ♯ → D ♯ → A ♯ → E ♯ → B ♯ → F → C, requiring double sharps in the key signature: F, C, G, D, A, E, B.

  7. C♯ (musical note) - Wikipedia

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    C ♯ (C-sharp) is a musical note lying a chromatic semitone above C and a diatonic semitone below D; it is the second semitone of the solfège. C-sharp is thus enharmonic to D ♭. It is the second semitone in the French solfège and is known there as do dièse. In some European notations, it is known as Cis.

  8. C-sharp major - Wikipedia

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    However, Johann Sebastian Bach chose C-sharp major for Prelude and Fugue No. 3 in both books of The Well-Tempered Clavier. In Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6 , Franz Liszt takes the unusual step of changing the key from D-flat major to C-sharp major near the start of the piece, and then back again to B-flat minor.

  9. List of chord progressions - Wikipedia

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    IV-V-I-VI chord progression in C major: 4: Major ... DOG EAR Tritone Substitution for Jazz Guitar, Amazon Digital Services, Inc., ASIN: B008FRWNIW. See also.